Last July, the insurer, Aetna, sent out statements to it's patrons in an envelope with a clear window. Through which a list of the patient's medications could be seen. This allowed anyone to know what meds the person was taking & they were most likely HIV+. Aetna's outed these people's HIV status .
According to this piece, the insurer will have have to pay out over 17 million. This will be the largest award ever for violating laws violating HIV privacy. Those wronged by this matter won't receive much, but at least the company might learn from this grievance. This could've been easily avoided with the tiniest bit of oversight on the matter. Maybe now privacy will be something Aetna takes a little more seriously.
We can only hope.
Cya...
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